GIST OF THE DAY

The message from Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has since given hope to many of Davido’s fans who have been downcast and broken since the news of Ifeanyi’s tragic death on October 31st night. Controversial Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has confirmed that singer Davido is gradually getting stronger and rising from the grief of his three-year-old son, Ifeanyi’s death The message from Pastor Tobi Adegboyega has since given hope to many of Davido’s fans who have been downcast and broken since the news of Ifeanyin’s tragic death on October 31st night. Pastor Tobi Adegboyega, a family friend of the bereaved singer, Davido Adeleke, and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland, reveal the condition of the family following the loss of their son. The singer who has been radio-silence since the loss of his boy, Ifeanyi Adeleke, communicated his emotional state to his fans through the UK-based clergyman. In an Instagram story, Pastor Tobi Adegboyega stated that O.B.O and Chioma are handling the loss a day at a time and both ...

It was gathered that the bandits numbering over 70 invaded the remote village on Wednesday night, November 3, 2022, killing the village head identified as Abubakar Magaji (Sabo Rafi) and one other person. Four persons including a village head have been killed by bandits who invaded Tunga Rafin, a community in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State. It was gathered that the bandits numbering over 70 invaded the remote village on Wednesday night, November 3, 2022, killing the village head identified as Abubakar Magaji (Sabo Rafi) and one other person. The bandits also killed two other persons they encountered on the way as they fled the community. A member of the community, who also spoke to Daily Trust on condition of anonymity, said the bandits also abducted the wife and child of the village head after slaughtering him. [ruby_related heading=”More Read” total=5 layout=1] “They fled the community when they realised our men were gathering to counter their attack,” he...

It was gathered that the 57 year-old widow was stripped naked, beaten and paraded round the village without clothes for daring to pick snails from a forest regarded as sacred in the village. Wide condemnation has trailed the dehumanisation of a widow in Agunese Affam-Mmaku community in Awgu Local Government of Enugu State for picking snails in a sacred forest. The incident which occurred on Friday, October 28th, 2022, has drawn condemnation from the former Minister of Information and Communications, Frank Nweke Jr, members of the public, human rights and women groups in Enugu State. Nweke Jr, in a statement issued via Twitter on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, confirmed that the culprits have been arrested. It was gathered that the 57 year-old widow was stripped naked, beaten and paraded round the village without clothes for daring to pick snails from a forest regarded as sacred in the village. The mob, made up of youths, men and fellow women, beat her up and tied palm fronts round her na...

According to neighbours, the father arrives every evening to torture her and accuse her of being a witch. Cross River State Child Protection Network (CPN) has rescued a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly branded a witch by her father, a police officer. The girl (name withheld) was allegedly locked up in a store for weeks in Okurikang, Odukpani Local Government Area of the state. Members of CPN had stormed the area after some neighbors raised an alarm that the child had been left there for weeks by her father, who identified himself as Sergeant Echeng Ezeoke of Police Mobile Force (PMF) 11. According to neighbours, the father arrives every evening to torture her and accuse her of being a witch. “We have rescued a child who was locked in a shop by the father while he lives in another apartment across the road with his wife. The father is a police man serving at 11 PMF. We have apprehended and handed the man to the police at Odukpani Division, CRS,” CPN said in a statement on Fr...